What is the description of bolt-action rifles in world war 1?
There were very accurate, high velocity weapons, firing bullets of somewhere around .30 caliber, using smokeless powder. Most had a five round magazine, but the British rifle could hold ten rounds. The cartridges were carried by the soldiers on “stripper clips” which held five. This fitted into a slot across the back of the bolt assembly, with the bolt open, and the soldier could press the top of the cartridges with his thumb and strip them off the clip into the rifle magazine. There was a spring beneath the metal plate at the bottom of the magazine to push the cartridges up. After loading the magazine, when the soldier closed and locked the bolt, the bolt would pick up and chamber the top cartridge as it went forward. When the soldier turned the bolt handle down to lock the bolt, this cocked the weapon and it was now ready to fire. After firing the soldier pulled the bolt handle up to unlock it, then back, which ejected the spent cartridge case. Then he pushed the bolt handle forward,
